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Bird · Myophonus caeruleus
Blue whistling thrush
कस्तूरा (kastura)
IUCN LC · Least concern
A dark blue thrush spangled with lighter flecks and fitted with a bright yellow bill, living beside Himalayan streams and around hill-town buildings.
How to recognise it
Looks black until light catches the blue. The song is a long, wandering human-sounding whistle at dawn and dusk, often from a hotel roof.
Where to see it
Dehradun
Known in the hills as the whistling schoolboy, for a song that sounds exactly like someone idly whistling as they walk.
Robber's Cave (Gucchupani) · Shikhar Falls (often) · Sahastradhara (often)
Mussoorie
Known in the hills as the whistling schoolboy, for a song that sounds exactly like someone idly whistling as they walk.
Camel's Back Road · Bhatta Falls · Mossy Falls